“I've storyboarded for things other people have shot. So thinking in sh...” — Brad Bird Quote

I've storyboarded for things other people have shot. So thinking in shots and orchestrating shots is not foreign to me at all.

Every movie, I find myself adrift at the beginning of the movie, and then I find my way through the dark forest.

There are a million logical reasons to not make a film, and I think if you get focused on all the critics or money or any of that other stuff, it never leads anywhere good.

Look, it's a mainstream animated movie, and how often are those considered thought provoking? It's meant to be a great time at the theater, but it's also designed to work on more than one level.

Original movies of any size are an endangered species.

In foreign policy you have to wait twenty-five years to see how it comes out.

I believe that when it comes to major foreign policy issues, many prefer to have black people seen and not heard.

We do have to watch to see how the foreign workers and immigrants are fitting in with our community, and you have to watch them mix so that you don't overbalance the numbers or the tone of our society.

Politically, foreign policy never matters until it matters, and then it matters a lot.

The number one foreign policy goal of Russia is control of the former Soviet space.